Heart healthy foods in your diet add nutritional benefits that will help in the short and long term.

Trevor Sipe, executive chef for Wellspan Health Good Samaritan Hospital, says it’s never too late to incorporate good choices into your diet.

“If you start eating healthy, within a week or two you’re going to notice a difference,” he said. “You’re going to have more energy. You’re going to feel like you have more vitality. You’re not going to feel sluggish and drawn down by all those complex carbohydrates and heavy fatty foods.”

Sipe recommended a quick and easy recipe to leave you feeling full and satisfied.